The University of Mississippi Athletics
Price Named To Wooden Award National Ballot
3/6/2007 | Women's Basketball
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- The John R. Wooden Award Committee recently announced the National Ballot for the Women's Wooden Award. The official voting ballot includes the top sixteen student-athletes who will contend for this year's player of the year award, including Ole Miss senior guard Armintie Price. The winner will be announced on Saturday April 7 live during a national telecast on CBS from The Los Angeles Athletic Club.
Price, who was recently tabbed a unanimous first-team All-SEC player by both the league coaches and the Associated Press, is one of four players from the Southeastern Conference on the ballot joining Sylvia Fowles of LSU, Candace Parker of Tennessee and Tasha Humphrey of Georgia. Price, the 2007 SEC Defensive Player of the Year, is the only player in the conference and one of three players in the NCAA to lead their team in scoring (18.1), rebounding (9.1), assists (4.8) and steals (3.8).
Price is the NCAA leader in steals per game and recently became just the fifth player in NCAA history to record over 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds 300 assists and 300 steals joining Cheryl Miller, Chamique Holdsclaw, Tamika Catchings and Sophia Young. With just two more assists and 10 more steals, Price and Miller would be the only two players to post 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds, 400 assists and 400 steals in a career.
"The Wooden Award National Advisory Board had an extremely tough task narrowing the list to the top 16 student-athletes this season," said Duke Llewellyn, Wooden Award chairman. "We are very excited to continue watching these players compete over the next few weeks as we determine the five player Wooden Award All-American Team and the Player of the Year."
Seven NCAA conferences are represented on the list, including the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Big East, Pac-10, SEC, and Sun Belt. The best represented conferences include the ACC with five candidates and the SEC which has four candidates. Two schools have multiple players nominated; they are defending National Champion Maryland (Marissa Coleman and Crystal Langhorne), and North Carolina (Erlana Larkins and Ivory Latta).
The sixteen student athletes on the national voting ballot have proven to their universities that as well as being amazing players on the court they are also succeeding off the court making progress toward graduation and maintaining a cumulative 2.0 GPA. Over 200 voters, comprised of sports media members and women's college basketball experts across the nation, will have their votes cast by 3 PM EST on March 26, for the five-member All-American team and Wooden Award honor as the most outstanding female collegiate basketball player in the nation.
For the first time in Wooden Award history, college basketball fans will be able to cast their vote for the Wooden Award Player of the Year. All fan votes will be tabulated and counted as one ballot towards the actual final tally. Fans will have the option of voting on WoodenAward.com or by text messaging from their cell phones. All fans who submit votes will be entered into a sweepstakes to win a VIP experience for two at the Wooden Award Presentation Gala. This information and more are available at WoodenAward.com.
On Wednesday, March 28, the five player Women's Wooden Award All-American Team will be announced. The 2007 Award ceremony, which will include the presentation of the Men's and Women's Wooden Award, the Wooden Award All-American Teams, and the Legends of Coaching Award to recipient Gene Keady of Purdue University, will be held at The Los Angeles Athletic Club on April 7, 2007. The top five male and female finalists will be invited to Los Angeles for the awards ceremony and will receive a contribution from The Los Angeles Athletic Club for their university's general scholarship fund.
Wooden Women's Award Official Ballot
All-American Team - Top 16 Candidates
(Players listed alphabetically.)
Name Ht. Cl. Pos. School
Marissa Coleman 6'1" So. G/F Maryland
Jessica Davenport 6'5" Sr. C Ohio State
Sylvia Fowles 6'6" Jr. C LSU
Katie Gearlds 6'1" Sr. G/F Purdue
Chrissy Givens 5'11" Sr. G Middle Tennessee
Lindsey Harding 5'8" Sr. G Duke
Tasha Humphrey 6'3" Jr. F Georgia
Crystal Langhorne 6'2" Jr. C/F Maryland
Erlana Larkins 6'1" Jr. F North Carolina
Ivory Latta* 5'6" Sr. G North Carolina
Angel McCoughtry 6'1" So. F Louisville
Bernice Mosby 6'1" Sr. F Baylor
Courtney Paris* 6'4" So. C Oklahoma
Candace Parker 6'4" So. F/C/G Tennessee
Armintie Price 5'9" Sr. G Mississippi
Candice Wiggins 5'11" Jr. G Stanford
* Indicates player was a 2005-2006 John R. Wooden Award All-American.
